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江苏省常州高级中学 2025~2026学年第一学期高二年级10月阶段检测 英语试卷 2025.10 说明：1. 请将答案填写在答卷上。 2. 本卷总分为150分，考试时间为120分钟。 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the man do first? A. Repair the jeep. B. Answer an email. C. fetch some tools. 2. How much money did the woman save? A. $300. B. $1000. C. $1300. 3. Why does Miss Williams want to move Tom’s seat? A. He doesn’t keep focused in class. B. He can’t see the blackboard well. C. He can’t hear the teacher clearly. 4. Where will the man go next? A. A hospital. B. A flower shop. C. A bookstore. 5. What does the man think of Frank’s new songs? A. Amazing. B. Acceptable. C. Unappealing. 第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题： 6. Why doesn’t the man like the painting? A. He can’t appreciate it. B. He isn’t fond of its colors. C. He doesn’t like its artist. 7. What should the man pay attention to when viewing a painting? A. Feelings expressed. B. Details presented. C. Styles created. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。 8. How long has the woman been volunteering on the farm? A. One day. B. Two days. C. Five days. 9. Who told the woman about the program? A. A school volunteer. B. A farm manager. C. A market worker. 10. What is the man’s main task today? A. To welcome new volunteers. B. To teach planting picking. C. To learn how to cook. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。 11. Which aspect of the job attracts Sarah most? A. A flexible working schedule. B. A salary satisfying her needs. C. A chance to put her abilities to use. 12. Which of the following best describes Sarah? A. She’s open minded and courageous. B. She’s adaptable and team spirited. C. She’s well organized and creative. 13. How does Sarah deal with pressure? A. By exercising. B. By eating. C. By shopping. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。 14. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Composing a song. B. Choosing instruments. C. Practicing for a show. 15. Where did the speakers get together last time? A. In the music classroom. B. In the school hall. C. On the playground. 16. What happened to the girl’s music stand? A. It was left on the bus. B. It was lent to Sandy. C. It was broken by accident. 17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Driver and passenger. B. Teacher and student. C. Musician and fan. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。 18. What is the speaker? A. A program host. B. A robot designer. C. A movie star. 19. What is new about this season’s clothes? A. They are made by hand. B. They feature shiny materials. C. They are sold at a low price. 20. Where can people probably see the tech inspired decorations this year? A. At award shows. B. At clothing stores. C. In jewelry exhibitions. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Best Music Apps For 2020 Deezer Launched in France, Deezer is a music streaming service that’s available for nearly every single platform you can think of. It’s available on Android and ioS devices, macOS and Windows desktop, xbox One, Roku, and via a web browser. It’s older than Spotify and Apple Music and is available in 182 countries. Deezer features a more diverse catalog of music than most competing apps. You can sign up for the free version or fork out $9.99 per month for the premium (优质的) version. The free option is ad-supported and can only be used on your tablet or computer. Shazam It’s not exactly a stand-alone music app. It’s more of a music detection app. If you don’t know the name of a song, Shazam listens to it and gives you the name of the artist and the song. This app works best when it’s paired with another streaming app. It recognizes songs and provides streaming and purchasing options from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and others. You can also view the lyrics of the detected songs. The Shazam app runs on iPhone, iPad, and most Android devices. Shazam is available for free and with no ads Apple Music Apple Music is the best music app for iPhone. You can also use it on all other iOS devices including the iPad, iPod, Apple watch, HomePod speakers, and on iTunes on your Mac or PC. The app is also available for Android users. The one outstanding feature of Apple Music is the “Connect” feature. This feature allows you to follow artists, bands, and individual creators so that you get a feed with all their updates. Subscription starts at $10 a month. There’s also a student option for $5 and a family option for $15. Apple Music doesn’t have a free plan, but you do get a free trial for a period of 3 months. Spotify Spotify is great when you want to use a music app offline. It’s available on Android and iOS devices, Kindle Fire, Windows Phone, and NOOK. You could apply for a Spotify FREE membership where you can still access the huge collection of over 20 million songs. The only catch is that you have to listen to ads. And the ability to download songs is restricted to premium members. Spotify premium members are allowed to download songs for offline listening for only $10 a month. Get Premium Individual or Family plans including a Google Home Mini at no extra cost. But firstly, try any Spotify Premium plan free for 3 months. 1. Who is the text mainly intended for? A. Android users. B. Music lovers. C. App programmers. D. Advertisers. 2. Which of the following provides free trial for 3 months? A. Deezer and Spotify. B. Apple Music and Spotify. C. Shazam and Apple Music. D. Deezer and Shazam. 3. What do the four apps have in common? A. All free options are ad-supported. B. Discounts are offered to student subscribers. C. Lyrics of songs are limited to paid members. D. Android devices are part of the working platforms. B One year ago, the Colorado State Fair made headlines for unknowingly awarding first place to an artwork created with help from artificial intelligence. Now, officials with the 151-year-old fair have revised the contest’s rules: Artists must claim whether they used AI to make their entries, reports the Denver Post’s John Wenzel. The saga (事件) began last August, when game designer Jason Allen won the top spot in the fair’s digital arts competition. When he shared his victory online, he mentioned that he’d used Midjourney — an AI program that turns text into images — to help create his piece, titled Théatre D’opéra Spatial. Allen maintains he was open about using AI from the beginning, though judges say they didn’t know until after the fact. Either way, a claim wasn’t necessary at the time, meaning Allen never broke any rules. His victory was controversial — and now, as a result, officials have decided to tweak the submission requirements. At this year’s fair, which took place in Pueblo between August 26 and September 4, artists needed to “tell if art or artwork was created using an Artificial Intelligence Generator,” according to the 2023 requirements. Allen wasn’t happy about the new requirement, telling the Denver Post that it was essentially a “discriminatory mark” against AI artworks. Despite the change, he decided to submit once again to the digital arts category. The fair’s leaders say they plan to continue adapting as technology advances. As Scott, Stoller, the fair’s general manager, tells the Denver Post, the digital arts category itself has only been around for a few decades. In the future, officials may even decide to add a separate AI category, depending on how popular tools like Midjourney become. “That’s the beauty of art — that it’s always evolving,” says Stoller. “Art can be anything, and anything can be made into art.” 4. What can be learnt about Jason Allen? A. He designed an AI game program. B. He opposed the use of AI program. C. He made the rules of an arts contest. D. He won the first place in an art competition. 5. What does the underlined word “tweak” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Select B. Create C. Continue D. Revise 6. What’s Stoller’s attitude towards the AI artworks? A. Unclear. B. Approving. C Doubtful. D. Critical. 7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. AI Artworks, Rock the world. B. AI Artworks, Lead the trend. C. AI Artworks, Bring New Rules. D. AI Artworks, Face New Challenges. C The Stanford marshmallow (棉花糖) test was originally conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s. Children aged four to six at a nursery school were placed in a room. A single sugary treat, selected by the child, was placed on a table. Each child was told if they waited for 15 minutes before eating the treat, they would be given a second treat. Then they were left alone in the room. Follow-up studies with the children later in life showed a connection between an ability to wait long enough to obtain a second treat and various forms of success. As adults we face a version of the marshmallow test every day. We’re not tempted (诱惑) by sugary treats, but by our computers, phones, and tablets — all the devices that connect us to the global delivery system for various types of information that do to us what marshmallows do to preschoolers. We are tempted by sugary treats because our ancestors lived in a calorie-poor world and our brains developed a response mechanism to these treats that reflected their value — a feeling of reward and satisfaction. But as we’ve reshaped the world around us, dramatically reducing the cost and effort involved in obtaining calories, we still have the same brains we had thousands of years ago, and this mismatch is at the heart of why so many of us struggle to resist tempting foods that we know we shouldn’t eat. A similar process is at work in our response to information. Our formative environment as a species was information-poor, so our brains developed a mechanism that prized new information. But global connectivity has greatly changed our information environment. We are now ceaselessly bombarded (轰炸) with new information. Therefore, just as we need to be more thoughtful about our caloric consumption, we also need to be more thoughtful about our information consumption, resisting the temptation of the mental “junk food” in order to manage our time most effectively. 8. What did the children need to do to get a second treat in Mischel’s test? A. Take an examination alone. B. Show respect for the researchers. C. Share their treats with others. D. Delay eating for fifteen minutes. 9. According to paragraph 3, there is a mismatch between . A. the calorie-poor world and our good appetites B. the shortage of sugar and our nutritional needs C. the rich food supply and our unchanged brains D. the tempting foods and our efforts to keep fit 10. What does the author suggest readers do? A. Absorb new information readily. B. Be selective information consumers. C. Use diverse information sources. D. Protect the information environment. 11 Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Eat Less, Read More B. The Bitter Truth about Early Humans C. The Later, the Better D. The Marshmallow Test for Grownups D Researchers from the University of Florida studied what may cause people to choose unknown options over known ones, and they found that where the information comes from is important: when what you know comes from other people’s experiences, you’re more likely to explore new options. They conducted a series of experiments. In one experiment, participants were asked to choose one of four cards on a computer screen. Each card hid an amount of money from 1 cent to 40 cents, and participants were told how much money was behind one of the cards in order to help them determine whether to explore and try another card in the hope of turning up more. Some participants were told the information came from another person taking part in the experiment; others were told it came from the computer. Participants were almost twice as likely to explore an unknown card when the information about the known amount appeared to come from a player rather than the computer. As social beings, we consider other people’s experiences as part of our own, so we’re less likely to want to repeat them, even if the experiences are positive, the researchers find. It doesn’t seem to work the same way with computers. Not surprisingly, the amount revealed also had an effect: participants were more willing to choose a different card — to explore, so to speak — when the known amount was low and less willing when it was high, no matter the source of the information. But when the revealed amount was in the middle, the human versus (对抗) computer effect became particularly evident. The idea that the individual decision about whether to venture out has a social component could have practical implications, the researchers write. “For those seeking to encourage exploration in others, our findings offer a simple intervention: highlight the fact that existing information is available because of previous explorers.” 12. What mainly influenced the participants’ decisions in the experiment? A. The source of the information. B. The time reserved for each task. C. The number of options provided. D. The reward for the correct choice. 13. At which known amount might the participants hesitate most? A. 5 cents. B. 10 cents. C. 20 cents. D. 35 cents. 14. What is the function of the last paragraph? A. To doubt an idea. B. To give a warning. C. To note the study’s limitations. D. To suggest a practical application. 15. What is the best title for the text? A. Why we prefer familiar over foreign B. How rewards make us avoid unknowns C. Why we go where no one’s gone before D. How others help us make better choices 第二节 (共5题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Have you ever noticed how some people can effortlessly talk to anyone they meet, no matter how different their backgrounds are? Or have you seen that one person who always offends someone, no matter what the topic of conversation is? These two scenes show how we can differ in our abilities to interact, get along with, and relate to others around us.____16____ After years of academic research and development, this social competency is now commonly referred to as “social intelligence”. Do you want to improve your social intelligence? Here are great ideas with which to get started. Listen well and pay attention Practice active listening so that you can fully engage and communicate with others. ____17____ It is natural to want to respond to that text message that pops up on your phone immediately, even when you’re in the middle of a face-to-face conversation. Give people your full attention when speaking with them. ____18____ Watch out for body language ____19____ Even if they aren’t saying so, their feelings are truly revealed. Try to tune in to what the other person is saying “physically”. In the same way, be aware of your own body language and how you are presenting yourself. If you slouch and appear physically uninterested during a conversation, it may make the speakers lose confidence in what they are saying, resulting in a negative interaction. Show that you care If you sense that someone is upset, or if someone tells you they are going through some difficulties, show them you truly care. ____20____ A. Life is often fast paced with many digital distractions. B. Often, people’s gestures will tell us a great deal about how they are feeling. C. Sharing other people’s feelings can help you connect at a more meaningful level. D. People like to feel heard and it will help you develop worthwhile relationships. E. The speaker fails to deliver a clear and objective message during his presentation. F. Engaging in a meaningful conversation can reduce loneliness and help reconnect with others. G. In the same way that we vary in traditional academic competencies, we can vary in how socially competent we are. 第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 完形填空 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I was 18 years old, fit, strong and ambitious. One day, I fell down for no ____21____ reason. I saw many different specialists and was finally diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (MD). It was a very difficult time. I had no idea what life was going to ____22____ at me and I was scared. By my late 30s it was ____23____ and I had transitioned from a walking stick to a wheelchair. I wanted to be master of my own ____24____, so I had to recognize my strengths and play to my weaknesses. What I wanted to make ____25____ was a trip to the north pole. People with MD feel the cold. So why did I want to go to one of the most extreme, cold and ____26____ places on Earth? I’d read about Chris Cope, who wanted to go to the north pole to raise money for MD, and it had ____27____ my adventurous spirit: I wanted to raise awareness about the ____28____, but I also wanted to find out what I was capable of. I firmly believe I’m very ____29____. In the two years it had taken to organize the expedition, my muscles had worsened but we ____30____ regardless. The unpleasant life coaching and cold training helped me to assess how my body would behave in extreme cold, which made me aware of what to ____31____. I had an amazing team around me, ____32____ the four different flights we took to get to the inner Arctic ice shelf were nevertheless discouraging. While we were on the ice, the runway ____33____ and we had to wait for it to refreeze. Once we reached the north pole, I was bitterly exhausted and a complete mess. I was on the ice for the best part of three long days, and then ____34____ the final 350m. the expedition raised £50,000 for charity. Despite MD slowly destroying me, I’ve found my ____35____: to fill my time with experiences and live life to the full. 21. A. adequate B. apparent C. sound D. suitable 22. A. yell B. target C. throw D. direct 23. A. advanced B. abandoned C. arranged D. adapted 24. A. disease B. fate C. scale D. business 25. A. differ B. work C. trick D. happen 26. A. comprehensive B. mysterious C. inaccessible D. precise 27. A. pulled up B. applied to C. thrown up D. appealed to 28. A. significance B. liberation C. condition D. ambition 29. A. trustworthy B. delicate C. ridiculous D. competitive 30. A. pulled over B. pressed on C. took off D. hung about 31. A. value B. expect C. require D. forgive 32. A. but B. though C. so D. as 33. A. floated B. split C. disappeared D. twisted 34. A. ran B. scrolled C. walked D. rolled 35. A. essence B. finale C. vision D. calling 第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 语法填空 Tanghulu (also known as bingtang hulu) is a traditional Chinese snack ____36____ (consist) of hardened sugar-coated fruits on a stick. ____37____ (classic), tanghulu is made of hawthorn berries that are rich ____38____ vitamin C. In recent times, tanghulu makers ____39____ (add) variety to this traditional snack by using other fruits such as cherries, strawberries, pineapples or grapes. Tanghulu can taste sweet or sour, depending on your fruit. Traditional tanghulu using hawthorn berries is said to taste like a ____40____ (combine) of both. You can, of course, make your own tanghulu using any fruit you desire. Tanghulu is ____41____ (easy) to make at home than you might think. The trick is to use the correct water-to-sugar ratio (比例) and boil the sugar-water mixture ____42____ its temperature reach 150°C. Then quickly dip your fruit skewer into the sugar mixture. This will result in fruit that’s coated in a thin layer of hard candy that cracks when ____43____ (bite) into. Tanghulu is commonly eaten in the winter. You can find travelling traders wandering (游荡) in the streets, selling this unique snack. If you want to try the sticky treat ____44____ (you), you can find tanghulu stands near most of the popular tourist attractions in China. Tanghulu isn’t expensive, as a skewer costs only $ 1. So, what could possibly stop you from giving one _____45_____ try? 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 应用文写作 (满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，你的外教老师Chris想每堂课前让学生做5分钟的汇报展示 (presentation)，主题为介绍歌曲或者画作。她想询问你们的意见，请你写一封回信，内容包括： 1. 选择的主题； 2. 陈述你的理由 (至少两点)。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, Thank you for consulting us about the 5-minute presentation idea. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best regards, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写 (满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇 完整的短文。 In our weekly staff meeting, our editor Ashley was not pleased with the quality of our reporting. “Our readership is way down. We need better stories for this Thursday’s school newspaper. Does anybody have any ideas?” she said. I handed her my article about our basketball team beating Deerfield High School the previous night by one point. “Sports stories are fun,” she said, “but not good enough for the front page. We need something to really get people ‘s attention.” After our meeting, we left the newsroom together and heard someone screaming, “Perry is missing!” Perry was a big red parrot and had been our school mascot (吉祥物) for ten years. He played an important role in students’ lives, both in and out of class. He had also been a constant presence at school events, inspiring a sense of unity among students. Everyone gathered around Perry’s empty cage, heartbroken. Suddenly, a student from the crowd came over and showed me a photo. “You’re a reporter for the school paper, right? I happened to take this yesterday,” he said. In the photo was a Deerfield High School basketball player with something large hidden under his shirt around the size of a parrot. “He must have stolen Perry to get back at us for winning the game!” Ashley cried. We hurried back to the newsroom, agreeing to run the photo on the front page with the headline “Deerfeld Stole Perry.” “This is just the story we need. Everyone will read it,” Ashley said confidently. After she left, I took a closer look at the photo. The clock in the background read 4:15 pm, but our game against Deerfield hadn’t started until 4:30 pm. Why would the boy have taken Perry before we even played? An uneasy feeling came over me that we might have falsely accused someone. I went to Perry’s usual caretaker to ask if he knew Perry was missing. ”He’s not missing. He’s retired. He’s ready for some quieter days,“ he said. Learning the truth, I immediately told Ashley and suggested writing a story to say goodbye to Perry. 注意: 1.续写词数应为150左右: 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 To my surprise, Ashley insisted on reporting the “Deerfield Stole Perry” story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Thursday, the paper came out with the headline “Bye-Bye, Perry” on the front page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 江苏省常州高级中学 2025~2026学年第一学期高二年级10月阶段检测 英语试卷 2025.10 说明：1. 请将答案填写在答卷上。 2. 本卷总分为150分，考试时间为120分钟。 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the man do first? A. Repair the jeep. B. Answer an email. C. fetch some tools. 2. How much money did the woman save? A. $300. B. $1000. C. $1300. 3. Why does Miss Williams want to move Tom’s seat? A. He doesn’t keep focused in class. B. He can’t see the blackboard well. C. He can’t hear the teacher clearly. 4. Where will the man go next? A. A hospital. B. A flower shop. C. A bookstore. 5. What does the man think of Frank’s new songs? A. Amazing. B. Acceptable. C. Unappealing. 第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题： 6. Why doesn’t the man like the painting? A. He can’t appreciate it. B. He isn’t fond of its colors. C. He doesn’t like its artist. 7. What should the man pay attention to when viewing a painting? A. Feelings expressed. B. Details presented. C. Styles created. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。 8. How long has the woman been volunteering on the farm? A. One day. B. Two days. C. Five days. 9. Who told the woman about the program? A. A school volunteer. B. A farm manager. C. A market worker. 10. What is the man’s main task today? A. To welcome new volunteers. B. To teach planting picking. C. To learn how to cook. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。 11. Which aspect of the job attracts Sarah most? A. A flexible working schedule. B. A salary satisfying her needs. C. A chance to put her abilities to use. 12. Which of the following best describes Sarah? A. She’s open minded and courageous. B. She’s adaptable and team spirited. C. She’s well organized and creative. 13. How does Sarah deal with pressure? A. By exercising. B. By eating. C. By shopping. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。 14. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Composing a song. B. Choosing instruments. C. Practicing for a show. 15. Where did the speakers get together last time? A. In the music classroom. B. In the school hall. C. On the playground. 16. What happened to the girl’s music stand? A. It was left on the bus. B. It was lent to Sandy. C. It was broken by accident. 17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Driver and passenger. B. Teacher and student. C. Musician and fan. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。 18. What is the speaker? A. A program host. B. A robot designer. C. A movie star. 19. What is new about this season’s clothes? A. They are made by hand. B. They feature shiny materials. C. They are sold at a low price. 20. Where can people probably see the tech inspired decorations this year? A. At award shows. B. At clothing stores. C. In jewelry exhibitions. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Best Music Apps For 2020 Deezer Launched in France, Deezer is a music streaming service that’s available for nearly every single platform you can think of. It’s available on Android and ioS devices, macOS and Windows desktop, xbox One, Roku, and via a web browser. It’s older than Spotify and Apple Music and is available in 182 countries. Deezer features a more diverse catalog of music than most competing apps. You can sign up for the free version or fork out $9.99 per month for the premium (优质的) version. The free option is ad-supported and can only be used on your tablet or computer. Shazam It’s not exactly a stand-alone music app. It’s more of a music detection app. If you don’t know the name of a song, Shazam listens to it and gives you the name of the artist and the song. This app works best when it’s paired with another streaming app. It recognizes songs and provides streaming and purchasing options from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and others. You can also view the lyrics of the detected songs. The Shazam app runs on iPhone, iPad, and most Android devices. Shazam is available for free and with no ads Apple Music Apple Music is the best music app for iPhone. You can also use it on all other iOS devices including the iPad, iPod, Apple watch, HomePod speakers, and on iTunes on your Mac or PC. The app is also available for Android users. The one outstanding feature of Apple Music is the “Connect” feature. This feature allows you to follow artists, bands, and individual creators so that you get a feed with all their updates. Subscription starts at $10 a month. There’s also a student option for $5 and a family option for $15. Apple Music doesn’t have a free plan, but you do get a free trial for a period of 3 months. Spotify Spotify is great when you want to use a music app offline. It’s available on Android and iOS devices, Kindle Fire, Windows Phone, and NOOK. You could apply for a Spotify FREE membership where you can still access the huge collection of over 20 million songs. The only catch is that you have to listen to ads. And the ability to download songs is restricted to premium members. Spotify premium members are allowed to download songs for offline listening for only $10 a month. Get Premium Individual or Family plans including a Google Home Mini at no extra cost. But firstly, try any Spotify Premium plan free for 3 months. 1. Who is the text mainly intended for? A. Android users. B. Music lovers. C. App programmers. D. Advertisers. 2. Which of the following provides free trial for 3 months? A. Deezer and Spotify. B. Apple Music and Spotify. C. Shazam and Apple Music. D. Deezer and Shazam. 3. What do the four apps have in common? A. All free options are ad-supported. B. Discounts are offered to student subscribers. C. Lyrics of songs are limited to paid members. D. Android devices are part of the working platforms. 【答案】1. B 2. B 3. D 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了2020年几款最好的音乐应用程序。 【1题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章的题目“Best Music Apps For 2020”（2020年最好的音乐应用程序）可知，文章是写给音乐爱好者的。故选B项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句“Apple Music doesn’t have a free plan, but you do get a free trial for a period of 3 months.”（苹果音乐没有免费计划，但你可以免费试用3个月。）和第四段最后一句“But firstly, try any Spotify Premium plan free for 3 months.”（但首先，尝试任何Spotify Premium计划免费3个月。）可知，Apple Music和Spotify这两个APP提供三个月的免费试用。故选B项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句“ It’s available on Android and ioS devices, macOS and Windows desktop, xbox One, Roku, and via a web browser. ”（它可以在Android和ioS设备、macOS和Windows桌面、xbox One、Roku以及网络浏览器上使用。），第二段最后一句“The Shazam app runs on iPhone, iPad, and most Android devices. Shazam is available for free and with no ads.”（Shazam应用可以在iPhone、iPad和大多数安卓设备上运行。Shazam是免费的，没有广告。），第三段第三句“ The app is also available for Android users. ”（Android用户也可以使用该应用程序。），和第四段第二句“It’s available on Android and iOS devices, Kindle Fire, Windows Phone, and NOOK.”（它可以在Android和iOS设备，Kindle Fire, Windows Phone和NOOK上使用。）可知，这四款APP都可以在安卓上使用。故选D项。 B One year ago, the Colorado State Fair made headlines for unknowingly awarding first place to an artwork created with help from artificial intelligence. Now, officials with the 151-year-old fair have revised the contest’s rules: Artists must claim whether they used AI to make their entries, reports the Denver Post’s John Wenzel. The saga (事件) began last August, when game designer Jason Allen won the top spot in the fair’s digital arts competition. When he shared his victory online, he mentioned that he’d used Midjourney — an AI program that turns text into images — to help create his piece, titled Théatre D’opéra Spatial. Allen maintains he was open about using AI from the beginning, though judges say they didn’t know until after the fact. Either way, a claim wasn’t necessary at the time, meaning Allen never broke any rules. His victory was controversial — and now, as a result, officials have decided to tweak the submission requirements. At this year’s fair, which took place in Pueblo between August 26 and September 4, artists needed to “tell if art or artwork was created using an Artificial Intelligence Generator,” according to the 2023 requirements. Allen wasn’t happy about the new requirement, telling the Denver Post that it was essentially a “discriminatory mark” against AI artworks. Despite the change, he decided to submit once again to the digital arts category. The fair’s leaders say they plan to continue adapting as technology advances. As Scott, Stoller, the fair’s general manager, tells the Denver Post, the digital arts category itself has only been around for a few decades. In the future, officials may even decide to add a separate AI category, depending on how popular tools like Midjourney become. “That’s the beauty of art — that it’s always evolving,” says Stoller. “Art can be anything, and anything can be made into art.” 4. What can be learnt about Jason Allen? A. He designed an AI game program. B. He opposed the use of AI program. C. He made the rules of an arts contest. D. He won the first place in an art competition. 5. What does the underlined word “tweak” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Select B. Create C. Continue D. Revise 6. What’s Stoller’s attitude towards the AI artworks? A. Unclear. B. Approving. C. Doubtful. D. Critical. 7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. AI Artworks, Rock the world. B. AI Artworks, Lead the trend. C. AI Artworks, Bring New Rules. D. AI Artworks, Face New Challenges. 【答案】4. D 5. D 6. B 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了科罗拉多州博览会因一幅借助人工智能创作的作品获奖而引发争议后，对比赛规则进行了修改。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“The saga began last August, when game designer Jason Allen won the top spot in the fair’s digital arts competition.(这一事件始于去年8月，当时游戏设计师杰森·艾伦在该博览会的数字艺术比赛中获得了第一名)”可知，杰森·艾伦在一次艺术比赛中获得第一名。故选D。 【5题详解】 词句猜测题。根据上文“His victory was controversial.(他的胜利引起了争议)”和下文“At this year’s fair, which took place in Pueblo between August 26 and September 4, artists needed to “tell if art or artwork was created using an Artificial Intelligence Generator,” according to the 2023 requirements.(据2023年的要求，在今年8月26日至9月4日在普韦布洛举行的博览会上，艺术家需要“告知艺术作品是否使用人工智能生成器创作”)”可知，艾伦的胜利引起了争议，因此作为结果，官员们决定修改提交要求，由此可知，tweak意为“修订”。故选D。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“That’s the beauty of art — that it’s always evolving. Art can be anything, and anything can be made into art.(这就是艺术的美妙之处——它总是在不断演变。艺术可以是任何东西，任何东西都可以变成艺术)”可知，斯托勒认为艺术是不断演变的，任何东西都可以变成艺术，因此他对人工智能艺术作品的态度是赞成的。故选B。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“One year ago, the Colorado State Fair made headlines for unknowingly awarding first place to an artwork created with help from artificial intelligence. Now, officials with the 151-year-old fair have revised the contest’s rules.(一年前，科罗拉多州博览会因在不知情的情况下将一等奖授予了一幅借助人工智能创作的作品而登上头条。现在，拥有151年历史的博览会官员修改了比赛规则)”和全文内容可知，文章主要讲述了科罗拉多州博览会因一幅借助人工智能创作的作品获奖而引发争议后，对比赛规则进行了修改，由此可知，这篇文章主要讲的是人工智能艺术作品带来了新规则。因此C项“人工只能艺术品，带来新规则”故选C。 C The Stanford marshmallow (棉花糖) test was originally conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s. Children aged four to six at a nursery school were placed in a room. A single sugary treat, selected by the child, was placed on a table. Each child was told if they waited for 15 minutes before eating the treat, they would be given a second treat. Then they were left alone in the room. Follow-up studies with the children later in life showed a connection between an ability to wait long enough to obtain a second treat and various forms of success. As adults we face a version of the marshmallow test every day. We’re not tempted (诱惑) by sugary treats, but by our computers, phones, and tablets — all the devices that connect us to the global delivery system for various types of information that do to us what marshmallows do to preschoolers. We are tempted by sugary treats because our ancestors lived in a calorie-poor world, and our brains developed a response mechanism to these treats that reflected their value — a feeling of reward and satisfaction. But as we’ve reshaped the world around us, dramatically reducing the cost and effort involved in obtaining calories, we still have the same brains we had thousands of years ago, and this mismatch is at the heart of why so many of us struggle to resist tempting foods that we know we shouldn’t eat. A similar process is at work in our response to information. Our formative environment as a species was information-poor, so our brains developed a mechanism that prized new information. But global connectivity has greatly changed our information environment. We are now ceaselessly bombarded (轰炸) with new information. Therefore, just as we need to be more thoughtful about our caloric consumption, we also need to be more thoughtful about our information consumption, resisting the temptation of the mental “junk food” in order to manage our time most effectively. 8. What did the children need to do to get a second treat in Mischel’s test? A. Take an examination alone. B. Show respect for the researchers. C. Share their treats with others. D. Delay eating for fifteen minutes. 9. According to paragraph 3, there is a mismatch between . A. the calorie-poor world and our good appetites B. the shortage of sugar and our nutritional needs C. the rich food supply and our unchanged brains D. the tempting foods and our efforts to keep fit 10. What does the author suggest readers do? A. Absorb new information readily. B. Be selective information consumers. C. Use diverse information sources. D. Protect the information environment. 11. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Eat Less, Read More B. The Bitter Truth about Early Humans C. The Later, the Better D. The Marshmallow Test for Grownups 【答案】8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了在信息化时代我们作为成年人每天都在面对棉花糖测试，信息轰炸让我们摄入了太多精神“垃圾食品”。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Each child was told if they waited for 15 minutes before eating the treat, they would be given a second treat.(每个孩子都被告知，如果他们在吃之前等待15分钟，他们将得到第二次奖励)”可知, 在测试中，孩子们需要在吃之前等待15分钟才能得到第二次奖励。故选D。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“But as we’ve reshaped the world around us, dramatically reducing the cost and effort involved in obtaining calories, we still have the same brains we had thousands of years ago, and this mismatch is at the heart of why so many of us struggle to resist tempting foods that we know we shouldn’t eat. (但是，当我们重塑了我们周围的世界，大大减少了获取卡路里的成本和努力时，我们的大脑仍然和几千年前一样，这种不匹配是我们这么多人努力抵抗我们知道不应该吃的诱人食物的核心原因)”可知，丰富的食物供应和我们不曾改变的大脑之间存在不匹配。故选C。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Therefore, just as we need to be more thoughtful about our caloric consumption, we also need to be more thoughtful about our information consumption, resisting the temptation of the mental “junk food” in order to manage our time most effectively.(因此，就像我们需要更仔细地考虑我们的热量消耗一样，我们也需要更仔细地考虑我们的信息消耗，抵制精神“垃圾食品”的诱惑, 以便最有效地管理我们的时间)”可知，作者建议读者做选择性信息消费者。故选 B。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第二段“As adults we face a version of the marshmallow test every day. We‘re not tempted (诱惑) by sugary treats, but by our computers, phones, and tablets — all the devices that connect us to the global delivery system for various types of information that do to us what marshmallows do to preschoolers.(作为成年人，我们每天都要面对棉花糖测试。诱惑我们的不是甜食，而是我们的电脑、手机和平板电脑——所有这些将我们与全球信息传递系统连接起来的设备，它们对我们的作用就像棉花糖对学龄前儿童的作用一样)”结合文章主要内容可知，文章主语介绍了在信息化时代我们作为成年人每天都在面对棉花糖测试，信息轰炸让我们摄入了太多精神“垃圾食品”。 D选项“成人棉花糖测试”最符合文章标题。故选D。 D Researchers from the University of Florida studied what may cause people to choose unknown options over known ones, and they found that where the information comes from is important: when what you know comes from other people’s experiences, you’re more likely to explore new options. They conducted a series of experiments. In one experiment, participants were asked to choose one of four cards on a computer screen. Each card hid an amount of money from 1 cent to 40 cents, and participants were told how much money was behind one of the cards in order to help them determine whether to explore and try another card in the hope of turning up more. Some participants were told the information came from another person taking part in the experiment; others were told it came from the computer. Participants were almost twice as likely to explore an unknown card when the information about the known amount appeared to come from a player rather than the computer. As social beings, we consider other people’s experiences as part of our own, so we’re less likely to want to repeat them, even if the experiences are positive, the researchers find. It doesn’t seem to work the same way with computers. Not surprisingly, the amount revealed also had an effect: participants were more willing to choose a different card — to explore, so to speak — when the known amount was low and less willing when it was high, no matter the source of the information. But when the revealed amount was in the middle, the human versus (对抗) computer effect became particularly evident. The idea that the individual decision about whether to venture out has a social component could have practical implications, the researchers write. “For those seeking to encourage exploration in others, our findings offer a simple intervention: highlight the fact that existing information is available because of previous explorers.” 12. What mainly influenced the participants’ decisions in the experiment? A. The source of the information. B. The time reserved for each task. C. The number of options provided. D. The reward for the correct choice. 13. At which known amount might the participants hesitate most? A. 5 cents. B. 10 cents. C. 20 cents. D. 35 cents. 14. What is the function of the last paragraph? A. To doubt an idea. B. To give a warning. C. To note the study’s limitations. D. To suggest a practical application. 15. What is the best title for the text? A. Why we prefer familiar over foreign B. How rewards make us avoid unknowns C. Why we go where no one’s gone before D. How others help us make better choices 【答案】12. A 13. C 14. D 15. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了佛罗里达大学研究者探究人们选未知选项的原因，实验发现信息来源（他人经验更促探索）和已知金额有影响，还指出研究对鼓励他人探索有实际意义。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Researchers from the University of Florida studied what may cause people to choose unknown options over known ones, and they found that where the information comes from is important: when what you know comes from other people’s experiences, you’re more likely to explore new options.(佛罗里达大学研究人员对人们为何会倾向于选择未知选项而非已知选项这一现象进行了研究，并得出结论：信息的来源至关重要：当你所掌握的信息来自他人的经验时，你就更有可能去探索新的选择)”可知，在该实验中，主要影响参与者决策的因素是信息的来源。故选A。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Not surprisingly, the amount revealed also had an effect: participants were more willing to choose a different card — to explore, so to speak — when the known amount was low and less willing when it was high, no matter the source of the information. But when the revealed amount was in the middle, the human versus (对抗) computer effect became particularly evident.(这并不令人意外的是，所透露的金额本身也产生了影响：当已知金额较低时，参与者更愿意选择另一张卡片——可以说是在进行探索；而当金额较高时，他们则不太愿意这样做。无论信息来自何处，这种影响都是如此。但当所透露的金额处于中间水平时，人与计算机之间的这种差异就表现得尤为明显了)”可知，已知金额处于中间水平时，人们在 “是否探索未知” 上的犹豫（受信息来源影响更显著）会更明显。故推测参与者在20美分上最为犹豫，故选C。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“The idea that the individual decision about whether to venture out has a social component could have practical implications, the researchers write. “For those seeking to encourage exploration in others, our findings offer a simple intervention: highlight the fact that existing information is available because of previous explorers.”(研究人员写道，关于个人是否要冒险这一决策本身其实也包含着社会层面的因素，这一观点可能会产生实际影响。“对于那些想要鼓励他人去探索的人来说，我们的研究结果提供了一种简单的干预措施：强调这样一个事实，即现有的信息之所以能够获取，是因为有之前的探索者做出过努力。”)”可知，最后一段的作用是为实际应用提供建议。故选D。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Researchers from the University of Florida studied what may cause people to choose unknown options over known ones, and they found that where the information comes from is important: when what you know comes from other people’s experiences, you’re more likely to explore new options.(佛罗里达大学的研究人员对人们为何会倾向于选择未知选项而非已知选项这一现象进行了研究，并得出结论：信息的来源至关重要：当你所掌握的信息来自他人的经验时，你就更有可能去探索新的选择)”结合文章主要说明了佛罗里达大学研究者探究人们选未知选项的原因，实验发现信息来源（他人经验更促探索）和已知金额有影响，还指出研究对鼓励他人探索有实际意义。可知，C选项“我们为何要去那些无人涉足的地方”最符合文章标题。故选C。 第二节 (共5题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Have you ever noticed how some people can effortlessly talk to anyone they meet, no matter how different their backgrounds are? Or have you seen that one person who always offends someone, no matter what the topic of conversation is? These two scenes show how we can differ in our abilities to interact, get along with, and relate to others around us.____16____ After years of academic research and development, this social competency is now commonly referred to as “social intelligence”. Do you want to improve your social intelligence? Here are great ideas with which to get started. Listen well and pay attention Practice active listening so that you can fully engage and communicate with others. ____17____ It is natural to want to respond to that text message that pops up on your phone immediately, even when you’re in the middle of a face-to-face conversation. Give people your full attention when speaking with them. ____18____ Watch out for body language ____19____ Even if they aren’t saying so, their feelings are truly revealed. Try to tune in to what the other person is saying “physically”. In the same way, be aware of your own body language and how you are presenting yourself. If you slouch and appear physically uninterested during a conversation, it may make the speakers lose confidence in what they are saying, resulting in a negative interaction. Show that you care If you sense that someone is upset, or if someone tells you they are going through some difficulties, show them you truly care. ____20____ A. Life is often fast paced, with many digital distractions. B. Often, people’s gestures will tell us a great deal about how they are feeling. C. Sharing other people’s feelings can help you connect at a more meaningful level. D. People like to feel heard, and it will help you develop worthwhile relationships. E. The speaker fails to deliver a clear and objective message during his presentation. F. Engaging in a meaningful conversation can reduce loneliness and help reconnect with others. G. In the same way that we vary in traditional academic competencies, we can vary in how socially competent we are. 【答案】16. G 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了社交智力这一概念，并介绍了提高社交智力的方法。 【16题详解】 上文“Have you ever noticed how some people can effortlessly talk to anyone they meet, no matter how different their backgrounds are? Or have you seen that one person who always offends someone, no matter what the topic of conversation is? These two scenes show how we can differ in our abilities to interact, get along with, and relate to others around us.(你有没有注意到，有些人可以毫不费力地与他们遇到的任何人交谈，不管他们的背景有多么不同？或者你见过一个人总是冒犯别人，不管谈话的话题是什么？ 这两个场景展示了我们在与周围人互动、相处和相处的能力上是如何不同的)”描述了在社交场合两种不同表现：有些人可以毫不费力地与他们遇到的任何人交谈；有些人总是冒犯别人。上文举例说明了人与人之间社交能力的差异。G项“In the same way that we vary in traditional academic competencies, we can vary in how socially competent we are.(就像我们在传统学术能力上的差异一样，我们在社交能力上也会有所不同)”是对上文的总结，强调社交能力与学术能力一样，也存在差异。上下文语意连贯。故选G项。 【17题详解】 下文“It is natural to want to respond to that text message that pops up on your phone immediately, even when you’re in the middle of a face-to-face conversation.(即使你正在面对面的交谈中，想要立即回复手机上弹出的短信是很自然的)”提出在面对面交谈中我们可能会想去回复手机上弹出的短信，是对A项“Life is often fast paced, with many digital distractions.(生活节奏往往很快，有许多数字干扰)”的解释说明，句中“text message that pops up on your phone”与A项“digital distractions”相照应。上下文语意连贯。故选A项。 【18题详解】 上文“Give people your full attention when speaking with them.(与人交谈时要全神贯注)”提出交谈时要全神贯注，D项“People like to feel heard, and it will help you develop worthwhile relationships.(人们喜欢被倾听的感觉，这会帮助你发展有价值的人际关系)”承接上文，说明交谈时全神贯注的好处，可以帮助你发展有价值的人际关系，句中“feel heard”与上文“Give people your full attention”相照应。故选D项。 【19题详解】 根据小标题“Watch out for body language (注意肢体语言)”可知，本段建议留心自己的肢体语言，B项“Often, people’s gestures will tell us a great deal about how they are feeling.(通常，人们的手势会告诉我们很多他们的感受)”是对主题的解释，说明要留心肢体语言的原因，上下文语意连贯。故选B项。 【20题详解】 上文“If you sense that someone is upset, or if someone tells you they are going through some difficulties, show them you truly care.(如果你感觉到有人心烦意乱，或者有人告诉你他们正在经历一些困难，告诉他们你真关心他们)”提出关心遇到困难的人，C项“Sharing other people’s feelings can help you connect at a more meaningful level.(分享别人的感受可以帮助你们在更有意义的层面上建立联系)”承接上文，说明这样做的作用：帮助你们在更有意义的层面上建立联系，上下文语意连贯。故选C项。 第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 完形填空 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I was 18 years old, fit, strong and ambitious. One day, I fell down for no ____21____ reason. I saw many different specialists and was finally diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (MD). It was a very difficult time. I had no idea what life was going to ____22____ at me and I was scared. By my late 30s it was ____23____ and I had transitioned from a walking stick to a wheelchair. I wanted to be master of my own ____24____ so I had to recognize my strengths and play to my weaknesses. What I wanted to make ____25____ was a trip to the north pole. People with MD feel the cold. So why did I want to go to one of the most extreme, cold and ____26____ places on Earth? I’d read about Chris Cope, who wanted to go to the north pole to raise money for MD, and it had ____27____ my adventurous spirit: I wanted to raise awareness about the ____28____, but I also wanted to find out what I was capable of. I firmly believe I’m very ____29____. In the two years it had taken to organize the expedition, my muscles had worsened but we ____30____ regardless. The unpleasant life coaching and cold training helped me to assess how my body would behave in extreme cold, which made me aware of what to ____31____. I had an amazing team around me ____32____ the four different flights we took to get to the inner Arctic ice shelf were nevertheless discouraging. While we were on the ice, the runway ____33____ and we had to wait for it to refreeze. Once we reached the north pole, I was bitterly exhausted and a complete mess. I was on the ice for the best part of three long days, and then ____34____ the final 350m. the expedition raised £50,000 for charity. Despite MD slowly destroying me, I’ve found my ____35____: to fill my time with experiences and live life to the full. 21. A. adequate B. apparent C. sound D. suitable 22. A. yell B. target C. throw D. direct 23. A. advanced B. abandoned C. arranged D. adapted 24. A. disease B. fate C. scale D. business 25. A. differ B. work C. trick D. happen 26. A. comprehensive B. mysterious C. inaccessible D. precise 27. A. pulled up B. applied to C. thrown up D. appealed to 28. A. significance B. liberation C. condition D. ambition 29. A. trustworthy B. delicate C. ridiculous D. competitive 30. A. pulled over B. pressed on C. took off D. hung about 31. A. value B. expect C. require D. forgive 32. A. but B. though C. so D. as 33. A. floated B. split C. disappeared D. twisted 34. A. ran B. scrolled C. walked D. rolled 35. A. essence B. finale C. vision D. calling 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. B 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述患肌肉萎缩症的作者克服困难，组织北极探险并为慈善筹款的故事。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有一天，我毫无明显原因地摔倒了。A. adequate足够的；B. apparent明显的；C. sound合理的；D. suitable合适的。根据前文“I fell down”和后文“I saw many different specialists and was finally diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (MD).”可知，作者突然摔倒没有明显的原因，后来才确诊。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不知道生活将会向我抛来什么，我很害怕。A. yell大喊；B. target瞄准；C. throw扔，带来；D. direct指导。根据前文“I had no idea what life was going to”和后文“at me”可知，作者不知道命运会抛来什么。故选C。 【23题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：到我30多岁时，我的病情到了晚期，我从用手杖变成了坐轮椅。A. advanced晚期的；B. abandoned被抛弃的；C. arranged安排好的；D. adapted适应的。根据后文“I had transitioned from a walking stick to a wheelchair”可知，疾病进入晚期阶段。故选A。 【24题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我想掌控自己的命运，所以我必须认清自己的优势，并规避自己的劣势。A. disease疾病；B. fate命运；C. scale规模；D. business事务。根据前文“I wanted to be master of my own”可知，作者想掌控自己的命运。be master of one’s own fate是固定表达，意为“掌控自己的命运”，且后文提及应对弱点，体现掌握命运之意。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想实现的是去北极的旅程。A. differ不同；B. work工作；C. trick欺骗；D. happen发生。根据前文“What I wanted to make”以及下文“was a trip to the north pole.”可知，作者想实现的是去北极的旅程。make sth. happen为固定搭配，指“使……成为现实”。故选D。 【26题详解】 考查形容词词义。句意：那我为什么想去地球上最极端、最寒冷且最难到达的地方之一呢？A. comprehensive全面的；B. mysterious神秘的；C. inaccessible难以到达的；D. precise精确的。根据前文“a trip to the north pole”和“one of the most extreme, cold”可知，北极的特点除了极端、寒冷，还有难以到达。故选C。       【27题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我读过Chris Cope的故事，他想去北极为肌肉萎缩症筹款，这激发了我的冒险精神：我想提高人们对这种疾病的认识，但也想知道自己的能力到底有多大。A. pulled up停下；B. applied to应用于；C. thrown up呕吐；D. appealed to吸引，激发。根据后文“my adventurous spirit”可知，Chris Cope的故事激发了我的冒险精神，appeal to one’s spirit指“激发某人的精神”。故选D。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我读过Chris Cope的故事，他想去北极为肌肉萎缩症筹款，这激发了我的冒险精神：我想提高人们对这种情况的认识，但也想知道自己的能力到底有多大。A. significance重要性；B. liberation解放；C. condition状态，状况；D. ambition野心。根据前文“limb girdle muscular dystrophy (MD)”可知，作者想提高人们对这种情况的认识，the condition指代这种疾病。故选C。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我坚信自己非常有能力。A. trustworthy值得信赖的；B. delicate脆弱的；C. ridiculous荒谬的；D. competitive有竞争力的，能胜任的。根据后文“In the two years it had taken to organize the expedition”可知，组织北极探险，说明作者认为自己有能力完成挑战，competitive此处表“能胜任的”。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：在组织这次探险的两年里，我的肌肉状况恶化了，但我们还是继续推进。A. pulled over靠边停车；B. pressed on继续推进；C. took off起飞；D. hung about闲逛。根据前文“my muscles had worsened but we”可知，but表转折，前文“肌肉恶化”与后文“继续推进探险”形成对比。故选B。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那段艰苦的生存训练与严寒磨砺，让我摸清了身体在极寒环境下的反应规律，也让我对后续可能面临的状况有了清晰预判。A. value重视；B. expect期待，预料；C. require要求；D. forgive原谅。根据前文“The unpleasant life coaching and cold training helped me to assess how my body would behave in extreme cold”可知，训练让自己意识到对后续可能面临的状况有了清晰的预判。故选B。 【32题详解】 考查连词词义辨析。句意：我身边有一支很棒的团队，但为了到达北极冰架内部，我们搭乘了四次不同的航班，这仍然让人沮丧。A. but但是；B. though尽管；C. so所以；D. as因为。根据前文“I had an amazing team around me”和后文“the four different flights we took to get to the inner Arctic ice shelf were nevertheless discouraging”可知，前文“有很棒的团队”与后文“四次航班让人沮丧”形成转折关系。故选A。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们在冰面上时，跑道裂开了，我们不得不等它重新结冰。A. floated漂浮；B. split裂开；C. disappeared消失；D. twisted扭曲。根据后文“we had to wait for it to refreeze”可知，北极冰面可能因寒冷或压力裂开。故选B。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在冰上待了漫长的三天中大部分时间，然后走完了最后350米。A. ran跑；B. scrolled滚动 ；C. walked走；D. rolled滚动 。根据前文“I was on the ice for the best part of three long days”可知，作者在冰上走完了最后350米。故选C。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管肌肉萎缩症慢慢摧毁着我的身体，但我找到了自己的人生目标：用经历填满时光，尽情生活。A. essence本质；B. finale结局；C. vision愿景；D. calling人生目标，使命感。根据后文“to fill my time with experiences and live life to the full”可知，“用经历填满时光，尽情生活”是作者找到的人生目标。故选D。 第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 语法填空 Tanghulu (also known as bingtang hulu) is a traditional Chinese snack ____36____ (consist) of hardened sugar-coated fruits on a stick. ____37____ (classic), tanghulu is made of hawthorn berries that are rich ____38____ vitamin C. In recent times, tanghulu makers ____39____ (add) variety to this traditional snack by using other fruits such as cherries, strawberries, pineapples or grapes. Tanghulu can taste sweet or sour, depending on your fruit. Traditional tanghulu using hawthorn berries is said to taste like a ____40____ (combine) of both. You can, of course, make your own tanghulu using any fruit you desire. Tanghulu is ____41____ (easy) to make at home than you might think. The trick is to use the correct water-to-sugar ratio (比例) and boil the sugar-water mixture ____42____ its temperature reach 150°C. Then quickly dip your fruit skewer into the sugar mixture. This will result in fruit that’s coated in a thin layer of hard candy that cracks when ____43____ (bite) into. Tanghulu is commonly eaten in the winter. You can find travelling traders wandering (游荡) in the streets, selling this unique snack. If you want to try the sticky treat ____44____ (you), you can find tanghulu stands near most of the popular tourist attractions in China. Tanghulu isn’t expensive, as a skewer costs only $ 1. So, what could possibly stop you from giving one _____45_____ try? 【答案】36. consisting 37. Classically 38. in 39. have added 40. combination 41. easier 42. until##till 43. bitten 44. yourself 45. a 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了糖葫芦的制作方法和吃法。 【36题详解】 考查现在分词。句意：糖葫芦（也被称为冰糖葫芦）是一种传统的中国小吃，由串在签子上的裹着硬糖的水果组成。此处表示“由……组成”，使用现在分词短语作后置定语修饰snack，traditional Chinese snack 和consist of之间是主动关系。故填consisting。 【37题详解】 考查副词。句意：传统上，糖葫芦是由富含维生素C的山楂果制成。此处用副词修饰整个句子，表示“传统上”。句首单词首字母大写，故填Classically。 【38题详解】 考查介词。句意：传统上，糖葫芦是由富含维生素C的山楂果制成的。be rich in意为“富含”，为固定搭配。故填in。 【39题详解】 考查现在完成时。句意：近来，糖葫芦制作者通过使用樱桃、草莓、菠萝或葡萄等其他水果为这种传统小吃增添了多样性。根据In recent times可知，此处用现在完成时，表示“已经增加了”，主语tanghulu makers为复数，谓语动词用have。故填have added。 【40题详解】 考查名词。句意：据说，使用山楂果制作的传统糖葫芦味道甜中带酸。根据空前的不定冠词a可知，此处应用名词单数形式。故填combination。 【41题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：在家里做糖葫芦比你想象的要容易。根据介词than可知，用形容词的比较级形式。故填easier。 【42题详解】 考查连词。句意：诀窍是使用正确的水糖比例，并将混合物煮沸，直到温度达到150℃。空处表示“直到……”，引导时间状语从句，用连词until/till。故填until/till。 【43题详解】 考查过去分词。句意：这将导致水果涂上一层薄薄的硬糖，咬进去时会开裂。此处是when引导的时间状语从句的省略，完整的句子是when it is bitten into，it和bite之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词bitten。故填bitten。 【44题详解】 考查代词。句意：如果你想亲自品尝这种粘稠的食物，你可以在中国大多数热门旅游景点附近找到糖葫芦。表示“亲自，你自己”用反身代词yourself。故填yourself。 【45题详解】 考查冠词。句意：那么，有什么可能会阻止你去尝试一下呢？give sth. a try是固定短语，表示“试一试某物”。故填a。 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 应用文写作 (满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，你的外教老师Chris想每堂课前让学生做5分钟的汇报展示 (presentation)，主题为介绍歌曲或者画作。她想询问你们的意见，请你写一封回信，内容包括： 1. 选择的主题； 2. 陈述你的理由 (至少两点)。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, Thank you for consulting us about the 5-minute presentation idea. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best regards, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Chris, Thank you for consulting us about the 5-minute presentation idea. I suggest that we focus on introducing songs as our main theme. There are two key reasons for my choice. Firstly, songs are highly engaging and can easily capture the audience’s attention, making the presentations more lively and enjoyable. Secondly, music is a universal language that allows us to explore different cultures, emotions, and stories in a short time. This will not only improve our speaking skills but also broaden our horizons. I believe this theme will benefit the whole class. Dear Chris, Thank you for consulting us about the 5-minute presentation idea. I suggest that we focus on introducing famous paintings as our main theme. There are two key reasons for my choice. Firstly, analyzing a painting helps develop our skills in observation and critical thinking, as we learn to interpret the artist’s use of color, composition, and symbols. Secondly, paintings are windows into different historical periods and cultures, which can significantly broaden our knowledge and spark deeper class discussions. I believe this theme will be a rewarding experience for everyone. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，外教老师 Chris 想每堂课前让学生做5分钟汇报展示，主题为介绍歌曲或画作，考生需写一封回信表明自己选择的主题并陈述理由。 【详解】1.词汇积累 吸引：capture→attract 探索、发现：explore→discover 提高、改善：improve→enhance 拓宽、扩大：broaden→expand 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Firstly, songs are highly engaging and can easily capture the audience’s attention, making the presentations more lively and enjoyable. 拓展句：Firstly, songs, which are highly engaging, can easily capture the audience’s attention, thus making the presentations more lively and enjoyable. 【点睛】[高分句型 1] Firstly, songs are highly engaging and can easily capture the audience’s attention, making the presentations more lively and enjoyable.（运用了现在分词短语作结果状语） [高分句型 2] Secondly, music is a universal language that allows us to explore different cultures, emotions, and stories in a short time.（运用了that引导的定语从句） 第二节 读后续写 (满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇 完整的短文。 In our weekly staff meeting, our editor Ashley was not pleased with the quality of our reporting. “Our readership is way down. We need better stories for this Thursday’s school newspaper. Does anybody have any ideas?” she said. I handed her my article about our basketball team beating Deerfield High School the previous night by one point. “Sports stories are fun,” she said, “but not good enough for the front page. We need something to really get people ‘s attention.” After our meeting, we left the newsroom together and heard someone screaming, “Perry is missing!” Perry was a big red parrot and had been our school mascot (吉祥物) for ten years. He played an important role in students’ lives, both in and out of class. He had also been a constant presence at school events, inspiring a sense of unity among students. Everyone gathered around Perry’s empty cage, heartbroken. Suddenly, a student from the crowd came over and showed me a photo. “You’re a reporter for the school paper, right? I happened to take this yesterday,” he said. In the photo was a Deerfield High School basketball player with something large hidden under his shirt around the size of a parrot. “He must have stolen Perry to get back at us for winning the game!” Ashley cried. We hurried back to the newsroom, agreeing to run the photo on the front page with the headline “Deerfeld Stole Perry.” “This is just the story we need. Everyone will read it,” Ashley said confidently. After she left, I took a closer look at the photo. The clock in the background read 4:15 pm, but our game against Deerfield hadn’t started until 4:30 pm. Why would the boy have taken Perry before we even played? An uneasy feeling came over me that we might have falsely accused someone. I went to Perry’s usual caretaker to ask if he knew Perry was missing. ”He’s not missing. He’s retired. He’s ready for some quieter days,“ he said. Learning the truth, I immediately told Ashley and suggested writing a story to say goodbye to Perry. 注意: 1.续写词数应为150左右: 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 To my surprise, Ashley insisted on reporting the “Deerfield Stole Perry” story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Thursday, the paper came out with the headline “Bye-Bye, Perry” on the front page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】范文 To my surprise, Ashley insisted on reporting the “Deerfield Stole Perry” story. “This is the very story we need to attract more readers,” she argued. To convince her, I defended that if we wrote this article, we would be telling a lie. Noticing her hesitant expression, I further explained the potential harm it would cause to the player and our, paper ‘s reputation. After some discussion, Ashley finally gave in, “OK, let’s try with real stories.“ Then I went to gather all the necessary information to write an article about Perry and the precious memories we shared over the years. On Thursday, the paper came out with the headline “Bye-Bye, Perry” on the front page. Soon, it sparked heated discussions among students about Perry. Many were disappointed with Perry’s sudden departure, but were comforted by the fact that he was in good care. The story also evoked sweet memories of Perry. Some students even requested to share their stories of him in our paper! Seeing the story’s success, Ashley came to me and said sincerely, “You are right! It’s a good story.” Her words brought me a great sense of fulfillment. Indeed, true stories might not always draw attention, but they have the power to touch and connect. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者在一家报社工作，他们的吉祥物佩里被迪尔菲尔德高中的篮球运动员偷走了，调查得知是佩里退休了。阿什利本来想报道被偷这件事，但是作者说明了可能对选手和报纸的声誉造成的潜在伤害。最后阿什利放弃了，他们报道了佩里退休的新闻，这一报道取得了成功。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“令我惊讶的是，阿什利坚持要报道‘迪尔菲尔德偷走了佩里’的故事”可知，第一段可描写作者反对这一决定，说明了其中的危害以及他们最后决定报道佩里退休的事情。 ②由第二段首句内容“周四，报纸头版的标题是‘再见，佩里’”可知，第二段可描写报道佩里退休的新闻产生的影响以及取得成功。 2续写线索：阿什利坚持报道被偷——作者指出危害——阿什利让步——报道佩里——引发讨论——故事取得成功——作者感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①解释：explain/illustrate ②造成：cause/lead to ③注意到：notice/take notice of 情绪类 ①宝贵的：precious/valuable ②成就：fulfillment/achievement 【点睛】[高分句型1] To convince her, I defended that if we wrote this article, we would be telling a lie. (运用了that引导宾语从句) [高分句型2] Many were disappointed with Perry’s sudden departure, but were comforted by the fact that he was in good care. (运用了that引导同位语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $